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New study pokes holes in learning online
For an unflattering portrayal of online learning, read A study exploring the impact of lecture capture availability and lecture capture usage on student attendance and attainment. It shows both of these measures drop in this context; attendance by double.
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The inference of the title of this article is entirely misleading. Anyone that thinks “online learning” is merely watching captured lectures knows very little about the topic. The title is so far separated from the article itself (which by the way is about campus students not online students!), it makes me question who writes these?
Hi Natalie. I intended the words ‘online learning’ to be interpreted on their face-value, though I understand how this could cause confusion given the industry usage of this term.
The paper is not about online learning. It’s about what happened in ONE class when recordings of lectures were added to course materials for students who missed a lecture. It suggests that if you decide to teach using face-to-face lecturing, don’t upload a recording of your lecture later. More students won’t tip up!